West Des Moines Stability is Important for Back Painand for Coping Today

03/17/2020

Just a quick note on the current
COVID-19. The CDC guidelines about best strategies to
cope are good. Take care of
yourself, EXERCISE, eat healthy, breathe, connect, and hope. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa recommends
the same…and adds see your West Des Moines
chiropractor for extra stabilization and balance!

Now, let us look at exercise to not
only stabilize YOU and your fellow West Des Moines chiropractic patients during
times like these may provoking,
but exercise to stabilize your spine during and
after West Des Moines back pain episodes.

STABILITY AND BALANCE AND BACK PAIN

Stability and balance go hand-in-hand. Stability
refers to how balance is controlled. Reduced
balance control is linked with reduced
stability. Balance or rather a disruption of balance or the sense of
stability is often noticed in or reported
by musculoskeletal pain patients who experience
back pain and neck pain. For this reason, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa observes
every chiropractic patient meticulously during
their entire visit from the time you walk in
the front door, down the hall to your treatment room, and out the door again.
Observation is a valuable tool in the management of back pain and
related leg pain, West Des Moines neck pain and any related arm pain. Researchers
examined this topic of balance and its disruption, too. New
studies reported on patients’ gait speed, their “timed up and
go test” ability, step test and “sit-to-stand test.” Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is
fond of these tests. Some of our West Des Moines chiropractic patients
will be curious about what we’re examining
when we have them sit
in a chair and stand up from the chair and time them! We chiropractors are a funny
lot! Trials like these reveal to
your West Des Moines chiropractor much about your spinal condition.
A recent analysis of such studies reported
that manual therapy like spinal manipulation offered at
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa enhanced short-term stability measures. (1) Be certain additional studies like these
are underway, and one explicitly looking
at how Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction influences
these tests and eventually the balance and stability of back
pain patients is in its first trial.

BALANCE AND FALLS

Many trials have already shown
that many chronic musculoskeletal pain patients experience
falls and have balance issues. That is a big problem
for older patients with such musculoskeletal pain as they manytimes
also have stiffer, less coordinated gait, and worse balance and
muscle strength. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa recommends exercise for balance and stability.

EXERCISE FOR STABILITY AND BALANCE

The lumbar spine multifidus muscle is a
recognized and very vital stabilizer
for the spine. Soccer players get this! Researchers studied
their multifidus muscles throughout soccer season. At rest
while lying down, these players’ multifidus muscle thickness diminished.
Those players with low back pain showed
significant change at rest. (2) Australian football players with low back pain
were to have the same issue while standing as well as lying down.
(3) Both studies saw that body composition and body fat and
mass were associated with the lumbar multifidus
muscle size. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa has some
exercise recommendations for our West Des Moines back pain patients to strengthen
their multifidus muscles and improve their sense of balance and
stability. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is ready to show them
to you at your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment!

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About Our West Des Moines chiropractic Practice

Our method at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa centers on chiropractic wellness as well as alleviation of pain, particularly spine pain and its related conditions. We administer in depth care for back pain, neck pain, headaches, shoulder pain, arm pain, leg pain, and injuries to the body from a car accident, sports injury or other cause. Our chiropractic practice respectfully serves the West Des Moines area. We pride ourselves on being patient-oriented and active to fulfilling your needs be they about insurance filing or appointment making or your health and healing. We provide individualized treatment plans to meet your exact needs. If you're in need of a chiropractor in the West Des Moines area, contact us today!